Finals and Holiday Party
I don't own Fairy Tail. All rights and everything belong to the creator, Hiro Mashima. How's it going everyone! I hope you all liked the last chapter. And thank you Flygon125 for the compliments. Well, without further delay, enjoy the new chapter.
(Normal POV)
A month has passed since the fall festival and now it was time for the worst thing ever: Finals. Natsu and the others have been dreading this all semester long. However, things weren't so bad than y'all thought. Ever since the Festival, Natsu and Lucy had grown closer, as well as the others. They've been spending more time with each other that everyone believes that they're a couple, which unfortunately they're not….yet.
Thanksgiving Break flew by fast, but everyone couldn't get a chance to see their families because of the amount of homework they had to do. Which in this case, sucked big time, but everyone still had a little time to do some Christmas shopping, as long as you make sure the girls don't overspend so much like always. Along with that, other things had happened during the month.
Gray and Juvia are still taking things slow as well as Jellal and Erza, but Gajeel and Levy had started dating because Gajeel said, "She's too smart and beautiful to be with someone else. I'll make sure of that." But with all that, let's get back to the present.
It was Saturday afternoon and Natsu and Lucy were in Lucy's apartment studying for finals… Well, kinda.
"CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD! WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THESE STUPID TESTS?! IF WE'RE DOING SO WELL, WHY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM?! IT'S SO FRUSTRATING HERE! I FEEL LIKEN KICKING ICE BALLS BUTT TO THE MOON!"
After that outburst, Natsu was whacked on the head by Lucy's fist.
"WOULD YOU BE QUIET?! I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF STUDYING MYSELF!"
"Dang Luce, if I'd known any better, I say you you're like a second Erza."
"WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID?!"
"Nothing, nothing. I was saying how strong you are." Natsu said in a panic and worried expression before he could be pounded again.
That comment made smile and calm before she patted his head. "Thank you Natsu; just don't get in my bad side ok?"
Natsu nodded and Lucy turned back around to go back to her studies while blew a sigh of relief while mouthing, 'Thank God, I thought I was going to be sent to the hospital.'
"But I agree Natsu, it's frustrating, but the sooner we take them, the faster the break will get here. And you can't kick Gray's butt because you still promised me and he's studying with Juvia right now."
"I still like to kick his butt!"
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Meanwhile at a fast food spot…
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! I NEED SOMETHING TO CALM THIS FRUSTATION OF STUDYING! WHERE'S THAT PYRO?! I'LL KNOCK THAT ANNOYING SMIRK ON HIS FACE TO THE SUN!
"My darling Gray, settle down and what happened to your clothes?"
Gray looked down and when he saw himself only in his underwear, he panicked before getting yelled at by the manager for stripping. Of course a few ladies there couldn't help but fawn over him before Juvia shot them a glare with daggers in them saying, 'LOVE RIVALS!"
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"Hey Luce, let's take a breather from this at least. My brain needs a break from the craziness."
"Sounds fine with me, but not too long alright?"
Natsu nodded and both of them retired on Lucy's couch with a big sigh and tired looks on their faces.
"I'm so glad that the semesters over. What are you gonna do for break Luce?"
"Well first, there's the party the Bar is hosting and after that, I head off to Acalypha to see my parents for a little while. How bout you?"
"First off, the party and after that, off to Hargeon to see my family as well. It will be a little sad though."
"Why's that?"
"Well, I won't see you much during the break. Your always fun to be with Luce."
Lucy blushed and turn her head to make sure he didn't see it. She was happy to hear him say that, but she was also a bit sad too.
"It won't be the same without you either. I'm gonna miss having a crazy pyromaniac dropping by unexpectedly in my room now and then."
"Well I'm gonna miss that weird personality of yours."
"I TOLD YOU I'M NOT WEIRD!"
"Yeah you are and it's great."
"Why you say that?"
"Well, it's what's makes you Lucy and I say it's one of the best things about you. And it's one of the things I like best about you."
Lucys' eyes widened and when Natsu realized what he said, he also blushed, turned his head around, and panicked.
"W-What I meant-t to say was that Ummmm. Dang it, I just sometimes ramble on huh."
Natsu then felt two arms circled around him and turned around to see Lucys head on his chest.
"You sure do, but it's something I like best about you too."
Natsu smiled and returned the hug. After a few more minutes of hugging, Natsu and Lucy got back to work. After a little while, Natsu fell asleep on the couch while Lucy went to change into some night clothes. When she came back, she brought a blanket for Natsu since it would be impossible for him to wake up. After laying the blanket on him, she kissed his cheek and went to bed. Both of them slept with thoughts of each other and also in Natsus case, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
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Finals came and went by in a blink of an eye for everyone, though for Natsu, it couldn't come fast enough. But it was finally over and everyone had passed their finals and are now at the bar celebrating Fairy Tail style that is.
"CHEERS TO THE END OF A LONG SEMESTER AND HELLO HOLIDAY BREAK!" Natsu yelled cheerfully.
"CHEERS!" yelled everybody before going crazy.
Everyone was dancing, singing, flirting, and best of all, brawling. Natsu so wanted to get in on the brawl, but didn't want to break Lucy's promise since she was here watching. But as things changed when Lucy walked up to him with a smile.
"Since you did well Natsu, I'll let you off just for today. But don't do too much ok?"
Natsu was beaming with joy when she said that, that Natsu grabbed Lucy in a big hug, saying 'thank you' so many times, and giving her a peck on the cheek before entering the brawl.
"HEY ICE FOR BRAINS, GET READY FOR A MUCH NEEDED BEATDOWN!"
And Natsu took on Gray and 25 others while Lucy was blushing a bit from the kiss she got. She was then smiling and laughing that she didn't notice someone trying to talk to her.
"HEY LUCY!"
Lucy turned around to see Levy in front of her. The only thing Lucy didn't like when she saw her friend was the smug look on her face.
"You seemed to be in a wonderful mood today Lu."
"I-It's not what y-you think. I-It was just a-a friendly k-kiss because I let h-him fight with the others j-just this once."
"Whatever you say Lu. Come join with me and the other girls for a celebratory drink."
"Sounds good to me."
Meanwhile, back at the brawl, Natsu is standing over 60 people, who are all beaten up to the point until they passed out.
"Whooooooooooo Baby, did that feel good or what?!"
"Man Pyro, to let out this much because of Lucy, I say you're whipped so badly."
"SHUT IT, FROST BITE!"
"YOU WANNA GO, FIRE DWEEB!"
"BRING IT ON!"
Natsu and Gray then started another brawl. But after a few minutes of fighting, they were stopped by the scarlet beast, Erza.
"You too, that's enough unless you want to be sent to the hospital."
"NO MA'M, WE'LL STOP HONEST." Both said in a scared expression.
"Good, now come join us."
In a split second, they disappeared only to reappear next to Lucy and Juvia. Erza was shocked and impressed, but shook it off before returning to her spot next to Jellal while having a bite of strawberry cake.
"Man, I'm gonna miss this place, but I'm ready for some much needed R and R." Gray said.
"Promise me you'll keep in touch with me Gray." Juvia said in a sad voice.
"Of course and the same goes to you too Juvia."
Juvia then fainted when she saw Gray's smile, which caused him to panic and tried to wake her up while everyone is muttering, 'when will he stop acting so dense."
"I promise to keep in touch with you too Erza."
"As will I and hope to see you soon Jellal." Erza said in a flirting way, which caused Jellal to do something he's never done before: Faint.
"I'm gonna do what I can to come visit you Shrimp."
"You don't have to do that Gajeel. I don't want you to do so much just to see me."
"That's why I'm doing this. Besides, it'll be boring without you next to me."
Levy blushed and hugged Gajeel while hiding her blushed face while also muttering, 'you are just so sweet, you metal head' while Gajeel only responded with a 'Gihi.'
Natsu and Lucy just laugh and talked with everyone for a few more minutes when the most dangerous, most horrifying, scariest thing of all happened: A RANDOM STRANGER ACCENDENTLY GOT HIS HAND ON ERZAS CAKE, THUS RUNING IT!
It turned out this stranger was fighting with his pals when he didn't see where he was going. The second his hand was on the cake, time froze as well as everyone had a scared and shocked face that said, 'YOU DOOMED US ALL!' Erza than showed a horrifying look before saying, "YOU RUINED MY CAKE AND NOW, I WILL END YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW!
This caused Erza to go berserk and joined in on the brawl, which spelled doom for everyone. The way Erza was taking out all the fighters, if you thought whatever scared you the most, Erza was way worse than your worst nightmare.
Natsu and the others had to run for it before they didn't want to die before Christmas. This caused everyone, except for Jellal, who was hiding on the stage, to split up in pairs to avoid getting hurt all together.
When Natsu and Lucy made it out, they heard so many screams that they just kept running back to the apartment complex. When they made it to Natsu's apartment, they made sure she wasn't following them before thinking they lost her. To their relief, they did.
"Remind me Luce to never, ever, mess with a single piece of cake for as long as I can live."
"Same here."
They blew a sigh of relief before Lucy got ready to head back to her apartment. Before she headed out, she forgot something.
"Oh Natsu, before I go, I got you a Christmas present."
"You didn't have to do that Lucy."
"No way, besides, you've been a great friend to me and you deserve a present."
Lucy dug through her purse to find it and when she did, she pulled it out and put it into Natsu's hands. It was box that was as almost as big as Lucy's purse and boy did she had a big purse for the night to hide this.
Natsu opened the box to see an amazing statue of a bright red dragon with flames coming up and the details and craftsmanship of it was amazing.
"Since you love dragons so much, I thought this would be the best thing I can do. I hope its alrig-." Lucy couldn't finish because she was pulled into a big hug by Natsu.
"This is the best gift ever. Thank you so much Lucy, you're the absolute best ever." Lucy then blushed and smiled before returning the hug.
"You're welcome Natsu and I'm glad you liked it."
Natsu then tensed before separating himself from Lucy, which he didn't want to end so quickly.
"I have something for you too. Let me just get it."
Natsu than ran into his room to get the gift. He then returned back to the living room where Lucy was and handed her a rolled up paper.
"Here's your present Lucy. I hope you like it."
With that, Lucy unrolled the paper and what she saw next, blew her mind away. It was the picture that Natsu drew of her, only with color and the background had stars and constellations since Lucy kept telling Natsu how much she loved looking at them at night. Lucy was so amazed of the drawing, how much it showed her beauty and everything that she started crying, which caused Natsu to freak out.
"What's wrong Lucy? You don't like the gift? I'm sorry. I'll go and get you something else if you want."
"Natsu I don't like the gift."
Natsu's face then became sad when he heard that. But before he could say anything, he was then tackled to the ground by Lucy, while enveloping him in a hug.
"I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH NATSU. THIS IS THE BEST GIFT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN ME! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU NATSU!"
Natsu then saw a bright smile on her face before he started smiling himself.
"I'm glad you love it Luce."
What happened next was a blur to him because right then and there, Lucy kissed Natsu…. ON THE LIPS. He was shocked at first, but then relaxed and returned it. Both of them felt liked the happiest people in the world. After a couple more minutes, they separated before they realized they were still on the ground. They got back up quickly with blushed faces on their faces.
"Well, I'll s-see y-you in the m-morning, k-k Natsu?"
"S-Sure, I'll s-see you i-in the morning L-Luce."
After an awkward hug, Lucy left Natsu's apartment. When Natsu shut the door, he turned around to where his back was on the door and collapsed on the floor. All Natsu could say about what happened was, 'That was amazing'. What he didn't know was that Lucy was thinking the exact same thing.
When she got back to her apartment, she put her fingers to her lips before saying, 'That was amazing'. But both of them thought one thing on their minds before turning in for the night though: What did that kiss mean?
Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I sure did. I'll be writing 2 or 3 chapters about the break. I may also add a surprise in the next chapter. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Until then, please review and I hope you all have a great day. Until next time, later.